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I think this deck really needs more low CMC color fixing ramp, the best being something like Fellwar Stone, but adding several signets would be an easy idea as well. When it gets to the late game and you don't need them anymore, you could just sacrifice them to Breya. Also, if you have a Chromatic Lantern, it deserves to be in this deck over any other deck you own honestly. Unless you build a 5-color deck, it really should be in here. Other cards that could help with color include: Vedalken Engineer and Chief Engineer.

Blicking Breya at instant speed is good also because her effects can be used regardless of summoning sickness, so you can surprise someone with her effect when low on artifacts to sacrifice: Cloudshift, Ghostly Flicker or Deadeye Navigator.

The cool removal spell I was talking about earlier is Dispatch. I'm not 100% certain, but I might have a spare Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer which would be great here as well.

Overall, looks really strong, I think all it needs is some simple cards to improve consistency.

3 weeks ago

Some initial thoughts, totally just my opinion, so please take it with a grain of salt:

I'm surprised to see 33 lands, I've never run a deck that low before. The lowest I've gone for a 4cmc commander is 35. 33 might be possible if you're running some 0 CMC moxes, but even then I would hesitate to go that low.

Mana rocks / ramp: I understand if you don't have these cards, but I would add cards like Coldsteel Heart, Dimir Signet,Star Compass, even Fellwar Stone. I don't like Hedron Archive b/c its not under your commander's CMC. I think you could lower your deck's CMC by taking out 3 CMC rocks for 2 CMC rocks. Also, I only counted 5 rocks. Without green, I'd be tempted to run closer to 8 honestly - even though they're boring cards.

I like the idea of phasing at instant speed in order to mess with the stack to keep her around. I think you could also consider sac outlets like Ashnod's Altar if you wanted to run some recursion as well.

You may already know this, but I think you can ninjutsu her off the field once her ability is on the stack in order to prevent her from going back into the deck/command zone. A often overlooked trick with ninjas is that the unblocked attacking creature can still be returned after the damage has been delt, though people usually want the Ninja effect to trigger.

I see a lot of transmute cards, but I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to tutor for here. Are your main targets Mirror Gallery and Etrata (assuming you are willing to let her go into the deck)? If you plan on getting Mirror Gallery often, you may want to protect it with cards like Padeem, Consul of Innovation.

Some cards that confuse me a little:
Rings of Brighthearth? I didn't see any great targets, but I may be overlooking something.
Conjurer's Closet I don't see a large number of relevant targets.
Soul of Innistrad This seems like a high CMC creature that could be replaced with a board wipe. On the topic of board wipes, you may want more just cause of the Voltron style of play here that may struggle with opponents who build up a large board.
Heidar, Rimewind Master Are you running snow covered lands?

Overall, I like it - a very different type of commander deck for dimir. Looking forward to facing it.

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